The Newcastle Knights have vowed to start climbing the NRL ladder.

THE Newcastle Knights have vowed to start climbing the NRL ladder in real terms, not just by default.

Back-to-back wooden spooners, Newcastle leapfrogged from last spot to 15th, above Wests Tigers, at the weekend after banking two points for a bye. But realistically the Tigers have three wins to Newcastle’s two and still have a second bye up their sleeve.

“We’re trying to get off the bottom with playing our football, not just by a bye,’’ Knights five-eighth Brock Lamb said. “So this next block of games, we’ve got to try and get a few wins. They’re very winnable games.’’